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05-10-2020, 03:26 PM | #81 |
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FINALLY, YES! We're at my favourite Faiz rider!
Auto Vajin puts in so much goddamn work and never gets any of the goddamn credit, and I love him, and he's just the best all in all. I absolutely need to highlight Episode 3's next time which framed it in such a way that it looked like Mari saying "who are you?" was in response to Auto Vajin, and Takumi's "I'm your friend" was said by Auto Vajin. It's a beautiful, stupid piece of unintended consequence caused by merchandising and it makes me love this bike even more. He's the true hero of the series and the one I root for the most. Also, I'm only four episodes in, but anyone besides Keitaro giving someone else credit for anything seems like it'd be WILDLY out of character.
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05-10-2020, 03:30 PM | #82 |
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Does it make me a bad person that I'm disappointed in how much of Yuka's gym class rampage happened off screen? After two episodes of unrelenting shit from those girls, it feels like we aren't getting the full catharsis from a few quick cuts, a dead hand, and a couple shots of Yuka closing doors. I don't need something out of a slasher film, but after Yuuji's very on-screen revenge it feels a little unfair that Yuka, who got it way worse than a crappy ex, was the one the show chose to go stylish on. I would've settled for at least one shot of her grabbing a mean girl by the throat before the cutaway.
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I absolutely need to highlight Episode 3's next time which framed it in such a way that it looked like Mari saying "who are you?" was in response to Auto Vajin, and Takumi's "I'm your friend" was said by Auto Vajin. It's a beautiful, stupid piece of unintended consequence caused by merchandising and it makes me love this bike even more. He's the true hero of the series and the one I root for the most.
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05-10-2020, 03:36 PM | #83 |
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Those first four episodes of Faiz before they get to Tokyo will always be pretty special to me. Just such a nice little arc that makes getting all the pieces on the board an interesting story in its own right. I'm really glad you've taken such an immediate liking to the main cast, because I think whether you do or don't care about them is ultimately what makes or breaks Faiz. It's one of the more character-driven Rider shows out there, after all.
I'm also really proud of how you reacted to the Yuka stuff. It feels a little weird to say, but I think you kind of need to be able to laugh at this stuff to appreciate it. Like, it is unbelievably unbelievable, to a level even Inoue doesn't always go to, and while I'm not sure myself exactly how seriously you're supposed to take it, I do think having it be so extreme provides a very clear, strong foundation for Yuka's character going forward.
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05-10-2020, 03:47 PM | #84 |
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I want to make a joke about how depressing it is for a cast if your favorite Rider is the bike... but my favorite Rider from Ex-Aid is also the bike, so it'd be a little hypocritical.
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05-10-2020, 03:50 PM | #85 |
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Does it make me a bad person that I'm disappointed in how much of Yuka's gym class rampage happened off screen? After two episodes of unrelenting shit from those girls, it feels like we aren't getting the full catharsis from a few quick cuts, a dead hand, and a couple shots of Yuka closing doors. I don't need something out of a slasher film, but after Yuuji's very on-screen revenge it feels a little unfair that Yuka, who got it way worse than a crappy ex, was the one the show chose to go stylish on. I would've settled for at least one shot of her grabbing a mean girl by the throat before the cutaway.
I think I could defend the choice as something that has less heat behind it than Horsepower's revenge, less This Person Wronged Me And Needs To Die, and more a sense of Society As Represented By These Girls Needs To Pay. Like, the Yuuji scenes were about vengeance, while I think Yuka viewed her actions as justice. Yuuji's scenes therefore had catharsis, while Yuka's problems didn't really get solved. Or they just couldn't spare the money to show all of that monster-suited action when they had to find the budget for FaizCyKill? Quote:
Those first four episodes of Faiz before they get to Tokyo will always be pretty special to me. Just such a nice little arc that makes getting all the pieces on the board an interesting story in its own right. I'm really glad you've taken such an immediate liking to the main cast, because I think whether you do or don't care about them is ultimately what makes or breaks Faiz. It's one of the more character-driven Rider shows out there, after all.
I'm also really proud of how you reacted to the Yuka stuff. It feels a little weird to say, but I think you kind of need to be able to laugh at this stuff to appreciate it. Like, it is unbelievably unbelievable, to a level even Inoue doesn't always go to, and while I'm not sure myself exactly how seriously you're supposed to take it, I do think having it be so extreme provides a very clear, strong foundation for Yuka's character going forward.
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05-10-2020, 03:55 PM | #86 |
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(My favorite Arcee bit is when Jack is working on his bike, and Arcee's trying to help but she's not a mechanic. Jack, incredulous, asks her how she can be a motorcycle and not know how to build a carburetor. "You're a human being, Jack. Can you build me a small intestine?" Killed me.)
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05-10-2020, 04:09 PM | #87 |
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think I could defend the choice as something that has less heat behind it than Horsepower's revenge, less This Person Wronged Me And Needs To Die, and more a sense of Society As Represented By These Girls Needs To Pay. Like, the Yuuji scenes were about vengeance, while I think Yuka viewed her actions as justice. Yuuji's scenes therefore had catharsis, while Yuka's problems did really get solved.
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05-10-2020, 04:12 PM | #88 |
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Just realized while reading that quote, that, uh, the final line should read "Yuka's problems didn't really get solved", which maybe changes my explanation a bit? Sorry for the lack of clarity! I need to be better about editing!
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05-10-2020, 04:20 PM | #89 |
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I'm trying not to spoil things, but there's still a ways to go with those characters before we get to their main status quo for the series. (I think - I'm going on a combination of rewatching along with you and remembering stuff that I watched 11 years ago) |
05-10-2020, 04:21 PM | #90 |
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Wow, that was fast.
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1. I’m really enjoying what they’re doing with the Yuka storyline in this show. It’s definitely a new perspective on a monster plot for Kamen Rider. We’ve seen stories of monsters, and we’ve seen stories of people with the power to fight monsters. Usually, it’s about the need for a decent person to become a hero to save other decent people. Occasionally, it’s about less-than-decent people needing to find heroism within themselves to save decent people. But what Faiz is doing is new to me. It’s doing a story about beaten people being given powers, and then using those powers to punish wicked people. The folks that are getting killed by Yuuji and Yuka, they are the worst. Michiko gets saved by Yuka, and the second she sees her parents warming to Yuka, she lies and blames her for the accident. The girls at school target her early and often. None of these people deserve pity, which makes Yuka’s actions feel deserved, cathartic. It’s a way of muddying the water, of making it more difficult to condemn a killer. Yuka isn’t just having a tough time at school and a rough home life, she’s beaten and insulted and abandoned. It’s a not-uncommon horror story to tell, it’s basically just Carrie, but it’s a different look at the origin of monsters than I think Kamen Rider has done before. (It’s definitely not a part of Kuuga through Ryuki. EDIT: Unless you count 60% of Agito, which I forgot about. It's a gray area!) The individual moments of Yuka’s story still veer wildly between Relatable and Hilarious, that really hasn’t changed, but the overall feel of it is intriguing and compelling. For an isolated girl like Yuka to find someone like Yuuji at the end of this episode, another survivor of trauma who has the power to punish his abusers, that’s going to be an interesting friendship.
It's crazy how extreme the bullies go to torment Yuka at every opportunity. This episode is always engraved in my mind for how terrible they make her life and even though my school life wasn't as bad as what she had to endure, it does bring back a few bad memories. That's why I find her so relatable. Just to recap: They cut her bag, take her money, her parents don't care about her, they throw basketballs at her, she saves her little sister and gets kicked out as reward, agrees to go to gym so they can abuse her some more and gets her shoes stolen anyway, which are shown cut when she goes to gym. That was the moment when she snapped and murdered them in vengeance. I don't blame her. Of course it was the wrong decision since murder is bad but they pushed her too far. They were terrible human beings. The only good thing in Yuka's life was Keitarou, a pen pal she only talked to in emails. Speaking of Keitarou, he's an example of what makes a good human being, perhaps the nicest guy in the show, often to a fault. He goes out of his way to help others. No problem is too small or big for him. He has the courage to fight as a hero of justice and Takumi is fine with letting him be Faiz. The only problem is, as Cactus lampshades, "not everyone can be Faiz" which he proves immediately with his successful henshin. Like Mari, Keitarou is lacking something, but the fact that he tried is commendable enough. He'd make a great Kamen Rider, but Faiz wasn't meant for him. Takumi never wanted to be Faiz, but he's the best they got right now.
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